Television revolutionized American life, allowing a new form of visual entertainment that would gradually grow to reach the masses.
Invention of TV
Unlike many other inventions throughout history, the history of the TV credits many inventors instead of just one. In this case, there were many inventors working on the idea of watching pictures on a screen. Inventors from all over the world had been working on transmitting pictures or objects onto a screen since the 1830’s, but the first physical television didn’t evolve until the 1900’s.
Television revolutionized American life, allowing a new form of visual entertainment that would gradually grow to reach the masses. The history of TV broadcasting begins earlier than many people might expect, and has only grown over the years. From the beginning of the history of TVs, it has been clear that this form of electronic media would revolutionize the world, just as radio did before it.
Leo Burnett, one of the most famous advertising executives in the ad world, once said “I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad.” When print ads and word-of-mouth were the only form of advertising known to the world, the ad industry was merely in its growing stage. But ever since the first television commercial aired in the United States of America at 14:29 on the 1st of July in 1941, the history of television advertising and the history of U.S. television advertising began.